Ointment



UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE,

MARY H. BERRY AND FRANK H. BUTLER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

OINTMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,634, dated January19, 1886.

Application filed June 27, 1885. Serial No. 170,027. (No specimens.)

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARY HANNAH BERRY and FRANK H. BUTLER, residents ofthe city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have inventeda new and useful Oint' ment for Treating Ulcers; and we hereby declarethat the agents used in our compound, together with a full and cleardescription of the manner of making and using the same in the methodbest known to us, are given in the following specification.

Our invention relates to the combination of the various agents specifiedin our formula in such proportions as to produce an ointment suitablefor the treatment of ulcerated sores, cutaneous eruptions, andabrasions. To effect this object, we employ the following formula incompounding eight and one-eighth ounces of the ointment: olive-oil, four(4) ounces; oil of turpentine, half(l) an ounce; pure bees- WaX,one (1)ounce; pure Burgundy pitch, half (i) an ounce; rosin, one (1) ounce;pure extract of'tobacco, one-eighth (t) of an ounce; pure extract ofoX-gall, one (1) ounce.

In compounding our ointmentlet us say to the amount of eight andone-eighth ounces, or any greater or less amount, according to the ratiogiven in our formula-we adopt the following method: Vi e employ asuitable utensil and place it in a bath of hot water over a slow fire,and, putting in the olive-oil, add the oil of turpentine, the pureBurgundy pitch, and

rosin, and the beeswax cut into small pieces,

and stir the mass until it is incorporated, after which the oX-gall andextract of tobacco are added, and the whole mass is then well stirred.When the compound is completed and ready for use, it forms an unctuousmass, and will remain in that condition in an ordinary temperature.

In using our ointment for the treatment of a superficial ulcer it isspread upon linen and then applied, and in the same manner for a seriousabrasion of the skin.

In treating common cutaneous eruptions the ointment is simply rubbed onthe parts affected.

\Ve are aware that basilicon ointment is Well known, and that anointment formed of resin, beeswax, lard, and tobacco is also old, and wedo not claim such.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

An ointment for the treatment and cure of ulcers, cutaneous eruptions,and abrasions, consisting of olive-oil, oil of turpentine, beeswax,Burgundy pitch, rosin, and pure extract oftobacco and ox galhin theproportions specified.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto 'set our hands and seals.

MARY H. BERRY. [1 s.] FRANK H. BUTLER. [L. s.] \Vitnesses:

A. B. SMITH,

FERDINAND IMHORST.

